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in 1527 after Mizrachi's death, by his son Israel. Mizrachi himself considered his commentary on Rashi the most important of his works (Responsa, Nos. 5, 78). The work shows Rashi's
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sources, and elucidates all obscure passages. It was written, partially, to defend Rashi from the strictures of the later commentators, particularly
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of Padua. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a Talmudist, yet he also studied the secular sciences, particularly
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for "Rabbi Elijah Mizrachi", coinciding with the Biblical name of an animal, the
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Mizrachi also authored works on mathematics and science:
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New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 486: 23: 1280:Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg 1418:Moses ben Isaac ben ha-Nessiah 1264:Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg 1102:Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre 1097:Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre 348:was published under the title 1: 1137:Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise 1032:Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans 888:Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne 675:Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon 481: 1622:Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi 1535:Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona 1234:Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin 993:Samson ben Joseph of Falaise 543: 328:. It was first published in 7: 1498:Isaiah di Trani the Younger 1142:Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon 894:Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyim 762:Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona 681:Meir ben Solomon Abi-Sahula 10: 1699: 1398:Eliyahu Menachem of London 1290:Eliezer ben Isaac ha-Gadol 1167:Elijah ben Menahem HaZaken 1112:Samson ben Abraham of Sens 876:David ben Levi of Narbonne 382:Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez 283:(on his death c. 1495) as 1563: 1530:Moses ben Meir of Ferrara 1476: 1441: 1408:Jacob ben Judah of London 1373: 1180: 1147:Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils 952: 826: 724: 600: 551: 326:commentaries on the Torah 219: 1607:Isaac ben Jacob ha-Lavan 1597:Isaac ben Samuel of Acre 1117:Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi 1047:Haim ben Hananel HaCohen 1015:Moses ben Jacob of Coucy 939:Aaron ben Jacob ha-Kohen 587:Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jam 410:Moses ben Jacob of Coucy 316:is a supercommentary on 308: 32:This article includes a 1463:Avigdor Cohen of Vienna 1355:Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi 1300:Yehuda HaKohen ben Meir 1246:Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi 1190:Meshullam ben Kalonymus 507:The Jewish Encyclopedia 452:, an important text on 61:more precise citations. 1335:Jacob ben Judah Landau 1330:Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi 1305:Meir ben Baruch Halevi 914:Abraham of Montpellier 785:Simeon ben Zemah Duran 442:, and a commentary to 214:. He is also known as 1550:Isaac ben Melchizedek 1545:Joseph Colon Trabotto 1230:(Maharam MeRotenberg) 890:(Raavad II, HaEshkol) 664:Isaac ben Moses Arama 592:Shemariah ben Elhanan 567:Chananel ben Chushiel 320:'s commentary on the 289:"Grand Rabbi" of the 236:Mizrachi was born in 210:'s commentary on the 1663:Rabbis from Istanbul 1627:Nethanel ben Isaiah‎ 1612:Nathan ben Abraham I 1504:Obadiah of Bertinoro 1222:Mordechai ben Hillel 1162:Shemaiah of Soissons 1516:(Shibbolei HaLeket) 1433:Berechiah de Nicole 1383:Aaron of Canterbury 1365:Isaac Asir HaTikvah 1340:Samuel ben Natronai 1295:Judah ben Kalonymus 1260:(Hagahot Maimuniot) 963:Rabbi Abin ha-Gadol 909:Asher ben Meshullam 904:Meshullam ben Jacob 864:Isaac ben Abba Mari 818:Judah ben Barzillai 405:Sefer Mitzvot Gadol 279:Mizrachi succeeded 16:Talmudist and posek 1683:Jewish astronomers 1617:Hillel ben Eliakim 1587:Zerahiah the Greek 1581:Tobiah ben Eliezer 1453:(Terumat HaDeshen) 1285:Samson ben Eliezer 1240:Eliezer ben Nathan 1228:Meir of Rothenburg 1197:(Rabbeinu Gershom) 1172:Ephraim ben Samson 1092:Eliezer of Touques 1003:Eliezer ben Samuel 998:Yom Tov of Falaise 870:Abraham ben Nathan 666:(Akeidat Yitzchak) 604:(except Catalonia) 458:Melekhet ha-Mispar 344:. 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